Renie Riano

female
actress, born in London, England, UK, The Women actress, The Barefoot Mailman actress, High School actress, Jiggs and Maggie Out West actress…Jackpot Jitters actress, Jiggs and Maggie in Society actress, The Family Jewels actress, Legacy actress, Ziegfeld Girl actress
As the daughter of British stage actress Irene Riano (1871-1940), character player Renie Riano had all the earmarks of a show biz career. She loved...

Norma Jean Mortensen

female
musician, film producer, actress, performer, Executive Producer, The Blonde Bombshell…Bus Stop actress, There's No Business Like Show Business actress, Don't Bother to Knock actress, O Henry's Full House actress, Monkey Business actress
Her mother was a film-cutter at RKO who, widowed and insane, abandoned her to sequence of foster homes. She was almost smothered to death at two,...

Thelma Ritter

female
musician, actress, performer, born in Brooklyn, New York, died from heart attack, Daddy Long Legs actress…Titanic actress, The Second Time Around actress, A Hole in the Head actress, With a Song in My Heart actress, Miracle on 34th Street actress
Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie...

Constance Bennett

female
musician, film producer, actress, performer, Born in New York, New York, Paris Underground actress…Wild Bill Hickok Rides actress, Madame X actress, Two-Faced Woman actress, Madame Spy actress, AsYoungasYouFeelactress
Independent, outspoken Constance Bennett, the first of the Bennett sisters to enter films, appeared in New York-produced silents before a chance...